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Question

Highlight the phrase and identify it.

1. Camelot offered an ideal setting in which to govern.

2. Many of the most common ideas about Arthur can be traced to the middle ages.

3. The writer David Day commented that "the deed of other heroes . . . soon became associated with [Arthurs] name."

4.The writer Nennius mentions Arthur as Dux Bellorum, or "leader of battles."

Answer 1

When finding phrases in a sentence, it is important to understand what a clause is, too.

A clause is a group of words that contains BOTH subject and a verb.

A phrase is a group of words without both subject AND verb. It can have one but not both.

Let's take a look at this example:

Wherever you go, I will follow.

"Wherever you go," is a phrase as it does not have a subject or verb. "I will follow," is a clause as it DOES have a subject and a verb.

There are seven main types of phrases:

1. Noun Phrase
2. Verb Phrase
3. Gerund Phrase
4. Participle Phrase
5. Infinitive Phrase
6. Appositive Phrase
7. Prepositional Phrase

Your 1st sentence would have a gerund phrase.

"Camelot offered," would be your clause. It has both subject and verb. "an ideal setting in which to govern," would be your phrase. It does not have both subject and verb. A gerund phrase is just like a noun phrase. It includes the noun ("setting") and the adjective to describe it ("ideal"); however, the "-ing" at the end of "setting" makes it a gerund phrase.

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